Palestinian Authority

A little review of history sheds some light on the predicament that Israel now finds itself facing. In the beginning comments of Chapter 9 of Nathan C. Belth’s book A Promise to Keep (Times Books, 1979), an apparent devastating conclusion of a 1968 UNESCO study of the textbooks used in the United...

Media in Syria have published documentation of Russian military patrols and a new military position, joining other positions near the border with Israel. A Syrian opposition source to KAN news said: "If Israel thinks that these positions will...

While the Camp David talks were still in progress it was evident from the PA media that the talks were headed for failure. Had Arafat intended to move toward Barak and from his traditional...

Summary and Analysis The Voice of Palestine continues to emphasize Palestinian deaths and casualties, focusing on graphic accounts of injuries (e.g. "Israeli bullets struck his heart" or "occupation bullets pierced his eye"-from November 6, 9...

Summary and analysis The Voice of Palestine has given relatively little coverage to the Clinton-Arafat meeting Thursday afternoon beyond a recitation of Palestinian positions. There were no descriptions of the tone of conversations or of...

Special Bulletin, 9 p.m., Israel Election Night Summary and Analysis Already at 9 p.m. V.O.P. quoted Danish reports that Ariel Sharon had won the Israeli elections, but it noted that a final result would come with...

Over the past few days, V.O.P. has been adopting a two-tier information policy regarding the election of Ariel Sharon both before and after the election. Before the Election On the one hand, the PA took no...

It goes without saying that there is universal disappointment with Israel's information policies. The problem is not the lack of funds or professional resources at the disposal of the Israeli government. The problem remains the double...

Israel only has itself to blame for bringing Arafat on to the scene. The question remains as to when and whether Israel will sever its umbilical cord to the PLO leader. The Israeli government in...

This week, Israel revealed a document seized early this week from the office of Fuad Shubaki, in charge of PA money matters, proving that the PA funded terror attacks against Israel. A detailed request...